New Fender Player II - Rosewood Returns & New Pickups!

The Fender Player II is back with rolled edges, new pickups, vintage-style tuners, rosewood boards and unique period-appropriate colours! The best entry to Fender, they're the perfect workhorse guitars with everything a great player needs, and nothing you don't! | tinyurl.com/3mz8yubt
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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 Intro Jam!
» 1:28 About Modes?
» 3:15 Introducing Player II
» 5:12 What's the Story?
» 11:38 Other New Models!
» 13:42 The Strat
» 15:45 Thoughts on the New Features?
» 21:02 The Price?
» 22:00 The Tele
» 25:56 Pete's Thoughts
» 26:26 Maple Fretboard?
» 29:35 What Else is Exciting?
» 31:12 Thanks For Watching!
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[@andertons]

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[@artistlovepeace]

U guys are always wonderful to watch and hear. You show some of the most beautiful guitars in the world. Fantastic promo videos for your business. Thank you.

[@byron-kraus-bigdog]

Can we have Channel 3? Only the talking? That's what I'm here for.

[@steffenbrix]

@@andertons I'm interested in the opposite. I usually skip the playing parts...intros aso 🙈 I go straight to the talking 🙃

[@kingmodestfirst4487]

Player III : stainless steel frets & bone nut . Player IV : Nitro finish - Hard Case.😂

[@evevko]

I thought you'd say Player IV: Harley Benton💀

[@davidfaustino4476]

.. made in a new Indonesian factory (Cambodian orphanage)

[@zynosgd9982]

Player V: is a Shcecter Traditional (and massively better)

[@igorhenrique835]

LOL

[@johns.8961]

Exactly. All the features a $300 guitar on Amazon has. Fender will trickle these features out over the next several years

[@RyanM81]

I'm amazed how Pete managed to just slip a few "hawk tuah" references in there! Legend!!! 😂😂😂

[@emmanuel_santiago]

I WANT TO SEE YOU GO TO THAT FACTORY! 😭 I was literally looking on the channel yesterday if you had already gone after re-watching your review of the Player Plus Meteora. Love those behind the scenes vids like the Fender and Gibson previews. Thanks gents!

[@romeou4965]

The Brits couldn’t handle a visit to Mexico.

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

I predict that in a few years, people selling used guitars will discover that pau ferro's a _really_ good tonewood...

[@WelshNareik]

Tonewood isn't real in electric guitars

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

@@WelshNareik I know that tonewood isn't real in electric guitars, you know that tonewood isn't real in electric guitars, the people selling used guitars know that tonewood isn't real in electric guitars; but do their _customers_ know?

[@WelshNareik]

@@1man1guitarletsgo I'm a knob, totally thought you were being serious. One of my guitar friends buys into every single myth, even pedal circuit aging to justify buying vintage things.

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

@@WelshNareik Thanks! It's very difficult to use sarcasm in posts, so I totally get that you missed my attempt. Anyway, let's wait a few years and see if my joke prediction becomes true!

[@richgrothaus5971]

It sucks and it’s ugly

[@A_Noid]

Rosewood+rolled fingerboard is good to see.

[@amq1996]

yeah I mean, is good to see but is the bare minimum

[@amq1996]

@@MaksHedlund you are right, such a waste of guitar bodys in the series player I

[@amysarg]

@@MaksHedlundwhy did they have a surplus to get rid of?

[@sundaynightdrunk]

@@amysarg CITES regulations meant you couldn't use rosewood for a quite a while. The regulations were later changed to allow it, so they went back to it but had surplus boards (or so people are claiming). I much prefer rosewood, although Indian Laurel was quite a nice replacement if you couldn't get rosewood. Pau Ferro was...okay.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

@@MaksHedlund Yeah, that makes sense. They're going to use up what they have. Bullet Squiers have the super-thin nut width, so the boards they had were probably already cut to that so they used them. Have to think if they were usable on more expensive guitars, they'd have used them.

[@SLO7HProductions]

I like Pete’s honesty about the Telecaster 🙂

[@halloweenjack2562]

....but as per usual interrupted by the capitain........because "We've got to sell these guitars, Pete".....

[@SinnGread]

got a feeling we can thank Sire guitars for Fender deciding to roll edges again .... Sire has been making Fenders fret work look shabby since its first release

[@michaell.8938]

The Coral Red Strat is gorgeous!

[@corodoug813]

Agreed!

[@herewego034]

Not as classic as Fiesta Red

[@adampeacock7992]

The Captain’s panic when Danish Pete criticised the tele’s ash tray 😂

[@RusoDryLaw]

Pete's "don't believe a word" face at 22:38 had me in bits

[@S-T-E-V-E]

4:20 That's a Giant Sequoia Redwood you're thinking of Pete! 😂

[@martinclayton7260]

That black Mustang with a rosewood fingerboard is the one for me.

[@xxdr34m5xx_4]

Man, Caps playing really improved 🔥

[@WeDreammore]

Finally rosewood it’s about time.

[@urbangorilla33]

I got my strat with rosewood last year.

[@oza8578]

Right?? Finally!!!

[@SZUKI80]

Just bought Player 3 days ago. I was dreading the new release and the thought that I have just screwed it up but luckily not much change between the two iterations.

[@martintaylor1758]

Cracking playing guys!

[@tns4421]

I remember the first player comes out with 22 frets and 2 pivor bridge and it just exploded. Really amazing fender strat.

[@ListenToPowerViolence]

My first Strat was a 93 MIM Strat Special with HSS and only one tone knob. In place of the second was a coil splitter for the humbucker. It was sunburst but back then they made that backs solid black.

[@MrBhcole]

Rosewood never left. Buying a new guitar nowadays is wild. I'll always prefer the used market.

[@kylerussell786]

I already ordered my new P bass in that birch green! I can’t wait. I love my player p; this update is exactly what it needed to make it the perfect bass for me. These new colors are killer too.

[@vyvynylification]

the lack of rosewood is literally the one thing that has stopped me from buying one so far. Good. On top of that they offer rolled edges AND the tuners I like most. 100% win

[@samvdheijden]

Nice! I'm calling dibs on a blue Jazzmaster!

[@michaelgallegos8811]

Great video this line of guitars are sweet man 🤘🍻🎵🎸

[@stevew7214]

Nice playing, gentlemen!

[@user-ts8ft5fb1r]

I want the red Tele with the black pickguard and Maple fretboard, I'm ordering one today!

[@bfaehnrich]

The Captains playing has improved from the older videos! It has inspired me to keep learning and practicing.

[@bobgamble8204]

Looking forward to seeing the chambered versions, the colours look more to my taste

[@mattmanley7118]

I’m so glad that Rosewood has made a return on these. I think if they had put the smaller headstocks on these I’d be lining up but honestly, I don’t mind Pau Ferro on my 2018 Player Strat. (Edit I must be blind as these are the regular sized headstocks!😅) I was gifted 69 custom shop pickups and they’re in the guitar as well lovely sounding and I’m always grateful The colors are absolutely stunning!! Gorgeous!!❤❤❤🎉

[@johnm3844]

the headstock doesn't look big (like the american performer) at all

[@mattmanley7118]

@@johnm3844perhaps I’m mistaken I’ll look again. Fair play I was mistaken these will certainly fly off shelves❤ RW and rolled edges and these colors 😅😮😮

[@ToddTheJoker]

these are the smaller headstocks NOT the 70s style

[@SweetPablo972]

I wouldn’t mind the pau ferro but for the color. I don’t mind maple but for the color. I just like the way a dark fretboard looks. There’s lighter rosewood, and I don’t like it. “Ah, man, that’s all aesthetics!” Yeah, no shit, but it’s my money, and I like what I like.

[@fishypaw]

£699 (MIM strat) for the specs being offered, is actually a decent price. I'd be tempted, if I didn't already have enough strats.

[@mike70s]

Me too, I was looking at my 2 strats this morning,trying to find excuses why I don't like them and need a new one 🙂. I was surprised with the price, I thought they would have increased at least 20%, very cool

[@jakehunt4144]

It's too bad Gibson doesn't do affordable stuff like this. Epiphone's quality control is all over the place. Good for Fender! They deserve the success they're getting!

[@jordanpratt3821]

Affordable Gibson would defeat half the purpose.

[@philgraves4998]

They do its called Kramer!

[@collinwagoner6318]

the cheaper casino is very good for what you get. very good

[@shanewalton8888]

They are too busy paying their lawyers to make decent guitars.

[@jakehunt4144]

@@jordanpratt3821 yeah that's fair. I wish Epiphone's quality control was better for there higher end stuff.

[@rtellomx]

Great modding platforms! I love they brought back the trem on the Jazzmaster... which will eventually be changed for a mastery, but the route is there and that's what matters.

[@grawman67]

They moved the trem to be closer to the bridge so it's close but not quite traditional

[@hueffel987]

Great reporting!

[@jrny2ixtlan]

I use the duchess direct as my live rig pedal platform. That thing is great!

[@KidGloves2112]

Epiphone, we need to talk about those $1,500 guitars with Indian Laurel.

[@vinceguitarmusic]

Epiphone actually already released standard les paul in rosewood in China.

[@jordanpratt3821]

If we're going to talk about it then we need to talk about 1500 dollar epis period.

[@richgrothaus5971]

Ugly garbage. It’s about $$$$$

[@AtlanteanReacts]

At that price just buy a used Gibson …not custom reissues, but up to a les paul standard…they are out there on reverb

[@chrishammonds72]

What bout $2800 AUD Epiphone’s? That’s what they cost in Australia

[@williamchamberlain1266]

Are Fender discontinuing or replacing their Player Plus line as well?

[@caydespliff181]

pete with the high gain in that blue tele absolute AWESOME tone and riffing damn pete we see you 😳

[@user-jy3io4iz2p]

The green one 😎

[@pads-zr9ln]

Pete, that's koa that has to fall naturally

[@davidyoung8875]

That red strat is to die for!! just stunning!

[@AlainLEBRIS-IODEFX]

I like the configuration of the red guitar on the video (5:35) behind Justin it looks like a Jaguar but is not in the Fender catalog maybe a future US version?..

[@yach1d]

I believe Pete mixed with Koa. Allegedly Koa wood can only be harvested from Hawai if the tree falls naturally. I could be wrong though.

[@timetraveler_0]

Good guitars have never been cheaper. Props to fender for this release!

[@benpowersguitar]

Interesting. The return of rosewood is a way overdue. I will have to try one.

[@Gypsy-Brown]

It really is a bit daft but me, having been closer to camp of "if the Strat has needed so many mods, upgrades etc.over the years, was it even playable originally?", yep I have often thought " oh my god! not again! However! For some reason this time I find myself becoming rather intrigued. I think I like it!!

[@brooklynboy1000]

these look excellent

[@henrykelly1183]

I wonder if rolling the edges even if mildly done, might increase the feeling of fret spout on ones that suffer with this.

[@lyrixandlicks3029]

I would make popcorn to see you guys tour Ensenada! They are producing some great instruments.

[@zenncatt]

Why no black Strat/Tele single coil with rosewood fretboard option?

[@johngallagher7884]

Yeah Captain awesome intro you too Pete 🎉

[@vav413]

What is that offset red guitar in Justin's background? Its beautiful!

[@TNTales]

It is currently paradise for the mid and entry level guitarist. Gibson and Fender are using their classic recipes and thanks to Epiphone and this Fender series you can get a hell of a lot of guitar for your money now. I'm getting one of these. Great demo guys.

[@johnwatkins677]

Pete mentioned fitting vintage bridge to the Tele maybe a video of him doing this and a sound comparison would be interesting !

[@eliasthury425]

Really looking forwards to chambered mahogany strats and teles

[@mundane_in_the_membrane]

I'm with Pete, that birchwood green is a great color!

[@vyvynylification]

totally agree, that strat looks great

[@grawman67]

I like it too. Looks good

[@nightsdew8136]

I saw a Candy Apple Red chambered Strat on the screen. It had a rosewood fingerboard. Would there be a CAR one with maple fingerboard? Would there be one of those 60th anniversary ones that Lee mentioned, in CAR? I really want one.

[@salsplace]

can you split the coil on the humbucker?

[@conorfurlong]

Have they modified the pickups? It sounds less harsh & aggressive than the previous Player Strat.

[@williamharrod6686]

I went into this thinking, "Here we go again". £999 for no real change other than "new pickups". But, to be fair to Fender. These are nice upgrades for very little extra money.

[@what519]

Great demo as always! Pete shredding in the closeout jam was tasty. You should get Julian Lage on the show! He did an insane demo on the Player II Tele for Guitar Center, was so shocked to see they got him to do it. But anyway, I think you guys would enjoy the hangout with Julian!

[@powbobs]

100% Julian is spectacular.

[@jimlin7782]

i wish they would put more colors on left hand modells right now only wht,blk,or tobacco

[@steventhomas231]

@jimlin7782 I expected no less. The telecaster range is basically sunburst from the 1st player series but now with a black pick guard, same for polar white with a rose wood finger board same as last time and an off butterscotch blonde or yellow they are calling it so almost no change since player series. Cheers fender for total lack of options. 😡

[@brianlebrun2382]

Hopefully they're better coming out of the factory than my original Player was. Bowed neck, poorly cut nut, flat spots on the bridge saddles and a few other things had me shaking my head at Fender quality to the point that now I've gone to G&L and my Player went to somebody else.

[@jayteesgear]

Great playing you guys! Sounds like Fender heard what ticked all of us Player buyers off. I returned TWO Players because the fretwork was horrific and I didnt like the bridge or tuners. Im excited to order this new Rosewood player series! I hope these issues have been fixed. Birch green looks Sick 😍

[@navid20]

So glad rosewood is back. The white Strat with rosewood board would be my choice

[@jetblack7044]

Long time subscriber of your channel. I don't come here only for the guitar playing. That I can get from hundreds of other channels. I have been coming here over the years mainly for the British humor man, although that has gone a little soft nowadays compared to the good old days, which is understandable LOL, and maybe a little bit of guitar playing. So I'm not gonna go to the second channel. Love you guys.

[@Aureas133]

I am so gonna buy that HH tele

[@MajorBrass]

When would the jazz basses be available?

[@D1570R73D]

Wait... some people aren't here for the banter? Been wanting a mahogany tele for a long time!

[@johngallagher7884]

I love Rose wood, it's my preference ❤

[@Zzenoix]

I would like a shell pink body.. But great series.

[@rogergraves5467]

The captain just melted my face

[@ToddTheJoker]

I agree Pete, that was the first thing I did was pop off that crappy tele bridge and install a vintage 3 barrel Pat Pending Fender bridge with classic brass saddles and what a difference in look AND sound! cheap and easy upgrade! Nice guitars, I love the Player series AND the Vintera, have two from each!

[@WilliamJOHNSONJR]

Uhh... Sire does that in the T7 ... for about $200 less ...

[@ToddTheJoker]

@@WilliamJOHNSONJR yeah but it's a Sire and NOT a Fender

[@WilliamJOHNSONJR]

@@ToddTheJoker Yeah, I guess that is why the Sire is better !!!

[@ToddTheJoker]

@@WilliamJOHNSONJR It's all relative and it isn't a sport..we just like what we like and I like Fender guitars!

[@10kmilesy]

Love myself some classics!

[@SweetPablo972]

I’m relieved to learn that the chambering is not done by “nailing holes” in the wood anymore.

[@berangercassard8829]

Can someone explain to me, what did he say about the Telecaster bridge ? "replace it cause it looks cheap ?"

[@rickhill6277]

Are they making Left Handed versions of the Telecaster Player II with the same different Pickup configurations available Right Handed?

[@steffenbrix]

Could you compare pickup sounds between Player I and Player II? 😊

[@nclsrfn]

same pickups.

[@steffenbrix]

@@nclsrfn ok...that's a let down... the pickups in the Player have always been the weak spot. Too pokey and dull sounding

[@TheBluesine]

Hey guys, do the make a 5 string P bass? cheers

[@TheStratfanatic]

Lee your leads are getting killer, and Pete you been there...Nice guitfiddles.

[@glasdrum]

How does Player II compare with Player Plus?

[@LKristof-]

Havent been this early for an andertons video since 1964!

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

There's Lee doing some damage limitation around 22:10, when Pete said the wrong thing! I like six-saddle bridges, but this design places the fixing screws directly under the saddle adjustment screws. Also, I've seen Teles with this bridge, where the string spacing is too wide at the saddles, so the strings are too close to the fretboard edges above the 12th fret. Fender really should sort that out.

[@grawman67]

I noticed that too. I like the six saddle bridge in theory but the screws are hidden like you said and the width can be an issue tor some

[@jordanpratt3821]

Rolled edges was much needed. Sharp frets seemed to be a huge prob with the player 1s.

[@pgrove]

Interested to see if that HH tele is cool or not.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Man, any deviation from the Tele formula is sacrilege to me. If you want a humbucker, get a guitar that should have one, not a Tele. (kidding really...get what you like).

[@StephenOshea]

alnico 5 would give a natural treble sound love that

[@aperezdeal]

I’m getting offers for $200 off of these and they just dropped. I feel bad for the small shops just trying to keep the lights on.

[@explorervango880]

Koa in Hawaii needs to fall on its own.

[@Barnstorm757]

They look so much better now

[@spaceshipable]

Of course they bring out a black HH player tele 4 months after I buy the seafoam green one 😢

[@daleonov]

15:05 Would love to see Mexico factory tour!

[@nabrute]

I’m curious what the pickup change is, my friend has a 2021 player strat and it just sounds so thin, I have a 98 MIM strat that’s just fuller and sounds better no matter what amp is being used

[@nclsrfn]

yeah same experience.

[@sagittated]

I think the pick up changes are on the Jaguars and Jazzmasters which now have Jaguar and Jazzmaster pickups instead of humbuckers. Otherwise, the fender website just called them "player series" pickups, specifying eg "alnico 2" or "alnico 5" or whatever.

[@takemebacktothen]

Those 98 strats had ceramic pickups? it's funny i remember people disliking them because they're darker than traditional alnicos

[@nabrute]

@@takemebacktothenYeah I believe it has the ceramics, maybe the brighter Alnico are more “strat-correct” but I think my strat sounds like a strat, the difference is like having a clean boost on, not really louder just fatter

[@nabrute]

@@sagittated yeah it’s funny the changes Fender make for a few years then switch it up. I have a “blacktop” Jazzmaster, which were MIM from 2010-15 something like that. It’s just a Jazzmaster with a humbucker at the bridge and no rhythm circuit. Awesome guitar!

[@Flo-v2m]

Welcome additions to an already good guitar...provided Ensenada have improved their quality control. Bought a SSS Player in Tidepool Blue in November, had to return the first one I received because the neck was not fitted properly into the neck pocket (screwed too tight on one side, paint - and probably the wood underneath cracked, neck not in contact with the body on the other side), also had to return the second one after a couple of weeks, the tremolo bar and the supplied adjustment hex wrench were not the right ones for the bridge. Had to wait another 3 months to get my guitar back from supplier (not Anderton) because the components were not available at Fender's. Definitely not what I expected from a guitar at this price point with the Fender brand on the headstock, even if the neck feels great (and should feel even better with rolled edges), the pickups sound as you would expect from a true Strat, the 2-point tremolo bridge is very usable and stable (even floated) even if the play of the (right) tremolo bar is still annoying.

[@EleonoraPicca1]

If the Jaguars had the traditional switch I would have bought one right away 😢

[@nclsrfn]

yeah looks so weird.

[@grawman67]

Same. The lack of traditional switching makes these a pass for me

[@richardbeaton7324]

Go to the dam factory 😆 And give us an hour long video again ..... Also loving those Strats , Love the round edges.. looks so much sleeker.

[@denmar355]

Love to see the Encinada factory tour from Andertons!

[@larrydj549]

Ensenada

[@geoffwaldron5929]

@@larrydj549 Enchelada

[@DAFru98]

This or the Player Plus? I just wanted to buy a PP but now I'm not so sure which one to get

[@daveacosta7060]

Player plus comes with locking tuners + noiseless pickups, rolled edges as well.

[@DAFru98]

@@daveacosta7060 This also has rolled edges.

[@Run_For_Fun_]

It is misleading putting new pickups in the title. As the most popular models, Strat and Tele, have the same old player pickups.

[@jakereesemusic]

Koa wood is the one that has to fall first. Hawaii has really scrict rules about harvesting it

[@a.j.garrett9639]

I need that red strat❤

[@ljdobles8104]

I wanna try the chambered strat and the mustang bass.